What do the three cardinal principles and five constant principles mean?

As the representative of our country's traditional thought, Confucianism can be said to be ingrained in our bones, and we often see the terms "three cardinal principles and five constant principles" in novels or TV series.

So let’s take a look at the national culture and let you know what the Five Constant Rules in the Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Rules refer to.

Three cardinal principles: the king guides the ministers, the father guides the sons, and the husband guides the wife.

Five constant elements: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trust.

Introduction: The Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Rules are important ideas in Chinese Confucian ethical culture. They originated from Confucius. Confucianism maintains social ethics and political systems through the teachings of the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Rules, and plays an extremely important role in the long feudal society.

In today's society, the lack of morality is also the lack of traditional culture. Learning the essence of traditional culture is the correct way to educate children and treat others.

Source: "The Analects of Confucius: Weizheng" "Yin Yin is in Xia Li, and the gains and losses can be known." He Yanji explains: "Ma Rong said: 'The reason is called the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Rules." "Three Cardinal Guidelines" means "the king is the guideline for his ministers",

"Father is the guide for his son" and "husband is the guide for his wife"; "Five Constants" refers to "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith".

The "Three Cardinal Guidelines" means "the king is the guideline for the ministers, the father is the guideline for the son, and the husband is the guideline for the wife." It requires that ministers, sons, and wives must absolutely obey the king, father, and husband. It also requires the king, father, and

The husband sets an example for his ministers, sons and wives.

It reflects a special moral relationship between monarch and ministers, father and son, and husband and wife in feudal society.

The "Five Constants" are benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness. They are the code of conduct used to adjust and standardize the human relationships between kings and ministers, fathers and sons, brothers, couples, friends, etc.

The concept of Mingjiao is an important part of Confucian political thought. Name means status, religion means enlightenment. Mingjiao educates the world through naming and status in order to maintain the ethical principles and political system of society.

Bo Jingzi said: The above quoted words from "The Analects of Confucius: Weizheng" and Ma Rong's annotation quoted by He Yan's collection are actually the opinions of later generations and cannot be said to be Confucius' original intention.

Therefore, the so-called "originating from Confucius" in the summary is actually a fabrication.

The Wuchang is also called the "Five Codes", which are the five rules of conduct.

The words come from "Shang Shu·Tai Shi Xia": "Insulting the five constants".

Kong Yingda of the Tang Dynasty said: "The Wuchang is the Five Codes, which means father's righteousness, mother's kindness, brother and friend, brother's respect, and son's filial piety." There are also five constants: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith. The five constants also refer to the five categories represented by the five elements.

Things, that is, the normal movement of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.

Preface to "Treatise on Febrile Diseases": "People are endowed with the five constants, so they have the five internal organs." Chang means unchanging, and here it refers to a certain criterion.

The Wuchang is the five principles, also called the "Five Ethics".

This is feudal ethics.

There were different opinions on the content of the Wuchang in the old days.

The first theory refers to the relationship between monarch and minister, father and son, brothers, husband and wife, and friends; the second theory refers to the moral standards between people such as benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, and trustworthiness.

It is often connected with the "Three Cardinal Guidelines", that is, "Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Virtues".

Generally speaking, it is not called "Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Ethics".

Meaning: Negative: The use of the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Rules to maintain autocratic rule suppresses and stifles people's natural desires, which has a negative impact.

Positive: Playing a positive role in shaping the character of the Chinese nation: such as attaching importance to the power of subjective will, paying attention to integrity and moral character, self-control, working hard, emphasizing people's social responsibilities and historical missions, etc. - Korean scholar Zhao Junha in his "

The book "Oriental Ethics and Morality" (first edition of Jilin People's Publishing House, May 2004) explains the "Three Cardinal Guidelines" as follows: "Grindle" has the meaning of "model". In the social ethics and moral system, "the king is the guideline for his ministers"

"That is to say, superiors are the role models for subordinates, "Father is the guide for children" means that parents are the role models for their children, and "Husband is the guide for wives" means that husbands are the role models for wives.

Model plays a decisive role in taking the lead and demonstrating, and is the dominant aspect.

Giving the "Three Guidelines" the meaning of "model" and "demonstration" shows that in the ethical relationship of the "Three Guidelines", the leading party should assume more moral responsibilities and social obligations, and "being the master of the country" is not only a right

It is also a responsibility.

In the "monarch and minister system", "father and son system" and "couple system", the "three cardinal principles" embody the integrity, dominance and effectiveness. Without this "majority", there will inevitably be mutual blame-shifting, mutual disputes, and entangled responsibilities.

Unclear question.

With the "Three Outlines", complex social and family relationships will be dealt with in a simple and effective way.